Subj : Re: ax.25 kernel stack
To   : Vk3jed
From : N1uro
Date : Sun Dec 26 2021 03:59 pm

Hello Tony;

-=> Vk3jed wrote to N1uro <=-

Vk> Yep, you had to compile in all of the options for your hardware, and
Vk> there was a certain CD-ROM driver that you did NOT want to include,
Vk> unless you actually had that drive, because the driver would take ages
Vk> to try, before finally quitting.  Modules were a godsend.

Those were the good ol' days! There was a couple of NIC drivers as well you
didn't want to load unless you had *that* specific NIC. Even whatever you
wanted for other network protocols you had to flag and compile in.

You're 100% correct, modules do make things a LOT simpler.

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